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Tensions with Turkey amid coalition preparations to retake Mosul from IS

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I-S may be in retreat, but it likely knows it doesn't face a united enemy.

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By Gary Cox, Lê Tâm

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I-S may be in retreat, but it likely knows it doesn't face a united enemy.

The coalition on the ground relies on a complicated alliance of Shia, Sunni and Kurdish militia, all with competing agendas.

Turkey considers the Kurds to be terrorists and has set up a base in the area.

Iraq wants it gone from its territory.

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